Ricardowensleydale
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Medical study seems quite damming.She said evidence collected over 12 years showed rugby players up to the age of 18 or 19 had a 28% chance of getting injured over a season of 15 matches.i suspect the Elite game is doing us no favours, in that the perception is that impacts are getting more and more dangerous in the (televised) game.
"If you're thinking of a million children playing every year with this risk of injury you're looking at 300,000 extra injuries a year, including up to 100,000 concussions," she said.
She added that 90% of injuries resulted in more than seven days lost from school.
those numbers cannot be right - 18/19 year olds play 15 games in one season and 25% of them are injured seriously enough to miss more than seven days of school? That doesn't sound right to me. (although it's probably the headline writers rather than the study). If it said 25% of them have an injury that needs a week off rugby, I'd believe that, but 25% of them with injuries serious enough to mean a week off school? No.
Think the most alarming thing is Phil E doing country dancing at school!:biggrin:
(in UK from September all schools adhere to the new rules of play)
is that right - for all age groups, for all schools ? If so that's a major, major step forward, as would mean same Laws played in schools and clubs. I didn't realise so much progress made!
About 10 years ago, my son's comprehensive school asked me to add my input to their developing rugby program. It had around 25 players from Year 7 to Year 13, and none of the PE department had any rugby coaching experience or training (though they were committed to doing the basic RFU course).are there really schools where the rugby coaches aren't qualified? If it's your job to coach sport, surely you'd take the appropriate course, isn't it part of the training you do at PGCE? We have sports oriented college near us, and I know the students there all take RFU coaching course, and indeed reffing courses, they earn credits in the their course for doing so. Sports education is popular. I think some people are thinking back to 1970s stereo types.
If I remember correctly, the reason she gets so stressed about this is because her son got injured. That's a pity, but her desire to take away my choice as a parent is reprehensible.
Medical study seems quite damming.She said evidence collected over 12 years showed rugby players up to the age of 18 or 19 had a 28% chance of getting injured over a season of 15 matches.i suspect the Elite game is doing us no favours, in that the perception is that impacts are getting more and more dangerous in the (televised) game.
"If you're thinking of a million children playing every year with this risk of injury you're looking at 300,000 extra injuries a year, including up to 100,000 concussions," she said.
She added that 90% of injuries resulted in more than seven days lost from school.